NextGen Technical Assistance Marketplace for Health Supply Chain and Pharmaceutical ( TA Marketplace)

The Technical Assistance Marketplace for Health Supply Chain and Pharmaceutical Management (TA Marketplace) contract will be part of the Next Generation Global Health Supply Chain Suite of Programs (NextGen). Technical assistance services provided through this contract may support public or private sector institutions, and may include any technical assistance services that: strengthen national supply chain systems for better performance and sustainability; provide operational and technical support to increase access to health commodities; and/or improve pharmaceutical management systems, including pharmaceutical services, to ensure health impact is achieved. The prime contractor will be responsible to create, engage, manage and support a network of specialist providers (i.e., the Marketplace ) who will provide the supply chain and pharmaceutical management technical assistance. The specialist TA network may include profit or non-profit firms, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, and others, and will enable USAID to access, on demand, the specialized and niche technical experience it needs to improve health supply chain and pharmaceutical management. The prime contractor will be responsible to subcontract work requested by USAID to the most appropriate specialist organization, to provide quality oversight of subcontractors and work performed as part of the contract, and to build the capacity of small, new or local partners in the network who are less familiar with USAID or do not have systems in place for direct USAID agreement.